The Nanaimo Bird Alert
provided by
The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
To report your sightings phone
The Bird Alert at: 390-3029 or
The Store at: 390-3669
e-mail: thebackyard at shaw.ca

Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone
number, along with the date and location of your sighting.

We have had over two hundred sightings of ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS coming to
feeders in the Nanaimo to Qualicum Beach area this winter. Watch your
feeders--you may be pleasantly surprised!

Tuesday January 24, 2006:
Thirty AMERICAN ROBINS were seen in a yard along Cameo Drive on Gabriola
Island.
An ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD is visiting feeders in the 1300 block of Lanyon Drive
in Parksville.

Monday January 23:
Over thirty BAND-TAILED PIGEONS were seen along Cameo Drive on Gabriola
Island.

Sunday January 22:
A TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, HUTTON'S VIREO and a ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD are visiting
feeders in the 1400 block of Marina Way in Nanoose Bay.

Thursday January 19:
A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen feeding on suet along Fairway Crescent in
Nanoose Bay.
A COMMON GOLDENEYE and a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT were spotted at Buttertubs
Marsh in Nanaimo.
Six AMERICAN WIGEON and one EURASIAN WIGEON were seen at Brockwood Marsh in
Nanaimo.

Saturday January 14:
Two TRUMPETER SWANS, calling with their single honk call, flew low overhead
at Nanoose Bay.

For further information on these sightings or for help in identifying a
bird please call:

The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
at (250) 390-3669
Toll Free at 1-888-249-4145
e-mail: thebackyard at shaw.ca
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Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monthly Meeting, Members Night
Monday January 30, 7:30 pm
Springwood School,
Parksville
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The Nanoose Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, February 09 7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Nanoose Bay.
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Nanaimo Field Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, Febuary 22, 7:30 PM,
Bowen Park Activity Centre,
Nanaimo.

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The Sunday Bird Walks will resume on Febuary 05, 2006!
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Bird sightings on Vancouver Island are at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/messages
Check the results of the Christmas Bird Counts across North America,
including Vancouver Island are at:
http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
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